An Early Christmas!

My Sheri Crafts design team sister Sue challenges us to create a project featuring at least 3 dimensional elements. I made a card using paper from Kaisercraft. I added a snowflake that I made using a die from Spellbinders, some Prima and Recollections flowers and leaves, and shimmer trim and sequins from Close To My Heart.

Come join our biweekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts!

Back To School!

School started a little too early for my boy this month, but he was all smiles. Design team sister Raquel, challenges us to create a project with a "back- to-school" theme, and I had to make a layout capturing the moment. I used a paper packet and chipboard set from Close To My Heart's Chalk It Up and La Vie En Rose (retired) lines. I splattered some white gesso and distressed the paper edges. I had fun making this layout, that I did not even notice that it did not have any bling, lace or flowers. lol!

We'd love to see what you come up with, and please join us at My Sheri Crafts!

It's The Olympics!

The summer Olympics is just around the corner, so design team sister Sarah challenges us to make a sport-themed project. I could not decide on just any sport, so I included a whole bunch of them when I made a center step card. I had seen design team sister Glenda make some, and I always told myself to try it, one of these days. Using Copics, I colored a free image of Mickey from the internet and paired it with paper and embellishments from Close To My Heart's Magical collection-- the paper pack, Complements, and sequin pack. I added some Whisper twine and Blue Shimmer Trim to complete the look.

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Down At The Beach

Design Team sister Sue from My Sheri Crafts is challenging us to make a project featuring the beach! I just got back a couple of weeks ago from a month-long vacation, most of which was spent on the beach, so I was more than inspired to make some handmade Project Life cards with a horizontal aspect. I used paper from Graphic 45, embellishments from Close To My Heart, K&Co and The Paper Studio, flowers from Prima, and washi tape from Recollections, mt and The Paper Studio.

Here are also some pics of the beach and surrounding water in Palawan. :-)

We would love to see your beach-inspired creations at My Sheri Crafts! Come join us!

A Nautical Card For A Seafarer

Sheri, our fearless leader at My Sheri Crafts challenged us to make shaped cards. I love to play with my Cricut and since I'm looking forward to spending summer at the beach, I decided to herald summer early with this nautical card. The cut file is from SVG Cuts and I used the Regatta Paper Pack from Close To My Heart. I added some bling for the seahorse's eye and the compass pointer. The "N" is cut at 1 1/2" using the Art Philosophy Cartridge.

Here's to summer and I hope you'll get to join us at My Sheri Crafts for our design challenge and some inspiration!

Splish Splash!

Summer is slowly making its way towards us and Sheri, our fearless leader, challenged us to make a project featuring a beach, water, or swimming. I made a pocket mini album for my Picture My Life Seaside 4"x6" cards. I just eyeballed the dimensions to make pockets big enough to hold the cards, and I added a 1/4" allowance along the edge for binding. I used a Bind-It-All punch to punch the holes, and I wove some jute twine to close the book off. I added some Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape to seal the edges of the pockets. I embossed the pockets to add texture. The embellies are stickers from my stash, images from the Picture My Life Cards that I had fussy cut, and some Sequins Gold Assortment.

We'd love to invite you to make a splash at My Sheri Crafts with your aquatic summer projects!

It's Graduation Day!

Design team sister Glenda challenged us with a Graduation Day theme at My Sheri Crafts. Today, I am doing something that I have never done before in all the years I've been blogging. I have a guest designer.

My three-year old's student teacher was also graduating, and his teacher was requesting for the kids to make cards as a surprise for Miss Aubrey. Kiko came up with this. After three attempts, he managed to stamp a straight, crisp image on the white cardstock. It's off-centered, so he added a diploma sticker to the side. I gave him a choice on which ink color to use, and he chose Glacier. The stamp set is from Congratulations Graduate from Close To My Heart. The end result was a simple, sweet card. Once again, I'd like to thank Sheri for allowing me to have my proud mommy moment here.

I'd like you to come join us at My Sheri Crafts for our biweekly challenge!

Easter Wishes

We are celebrating Easter at My Sheri Crafts! Design team sister Sue, is our hostess for our biweekly challenge and she challenges us with making a card featuring either a cross, bunnies or eggs. I had to play with the Hopping By stamp set when I saw how fun the images were! Can you imagine a car made out an egg or a carrot, or even a hot air balloon egg? I colored the images with Copic and ShinHan markers, and I also used some Tim Holtz Distress Markers for the wheels. The designer paper is Hopscotch, from Close To My Heart. I added some White Enamel Stars, White Shimmer Trim, and the sorbet hearts from the Chalk It Up Assortment. I embossed the background coordinating cardstock with Honeycomb, Chevron and Vine Embossing Folders.

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Oh Christmas Tree!

Our My Sheri Crafts Design Team sister Sue gave us the challenge to feature a card with a Christmas tree in it. Lately, I have been making a lot of cards using my Artfully Sent Cartridge. I actually wanted to make the next card, but ended up cutting this, so I decided to go with it. I added a deer that I cut using a Tim Holtz Sizzix die. The Christmas Tree was stamped and cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge and the stamp set that was included in the kit. The beautiful background paper is from Close To My Heart's Yuletide Carol Paper packet. Since I could not resist bling, I just had to add some Sequins Gold Assoirtment. :-D

It's Turkey Time!

Where did time go? We are celebrating an early Thanksgiving at My Sheri Crafts. There is so much to be grateful in life, despite life's challenges. I look back through the years and I feel blessed, surrounded by the people that I love.

I made a two-page layout using Pathfinding paper packet from Close To My Heart. The format is from Reflections Scrapbook Program. I added some Pathfinding Complements, and Sequins Gold Assortment for sparkle. The turkey was cut from the Artiste Cartridge using Scaredy Cat paper packet! at 2 1/2".

We would link to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving at My Sheri Crafts and hope you can join our challenge.

It's my turn once again to host the biweekly challenge at My Sheri Crafts, and I chose the theme "Black Magic" since Halloween is next week. :-D I made a layout using Scaredy Cat paper packet, Scaredy Cat Assortment, Halloween Greetings Stamp Set, Black Exclusive Inks Stamp pad, and added some Black Striped Twill Ribbon. The layout format is from Reflections.

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Autumn Abundance

Where did time go? Summer is over a little too soon, but I do welcome the cooler weather.

Our theme for the biweekly challenge is "Autumn Abundance" and I do have the perfect harvest paper for it--Pathfinding from Close To My Heart. It still hints of clear skies with the blue, but there is the feeling of harvest at the same time. I used Kraft paper for the base, and Glacier and Chocolate cardstock for the frames. I added some Pathfinding Complements and Sequins Gold Assortment to add interest to this quick and easy page. The layout design is from Reflections.

Banners And Buntings!

The celebration continues at My Sheri Crafts for our biweekly challenge! Sheri, our team leader came up with the theme, and we're required to feature buntings/banners in our card/project. I got a brand new Cricut Cartridge that I wanted to play with from Close To My Heart the newest released Artfully Sent. There was a card there that was perfect for this challenge. The card base is Crystal Blue cardstock, and the designer papers are from Close To My Heart's Balloon Ride (retired). I added a Balloon Ride Picture My Life card on the front, which I embellished with Gold Shimmer Trim. The resin flower at the right lower corner is from Ivy lane Assortment (retired). I added some Bling Gems Gold Assortment to bring attention the sentiment and to hold the banner up inside the pop up card.

Happy, Happy Birthday to the Caped Crusader!

Design Team sister Raquel is hosting our Birthday Celebrations theme at My Sheri Crafts, which is a wonderful coincidence since my little boy will turn 3 on the 19th of this month! He will be the Caped Crusader for a day, and in keeping with the theme, I made invitations with matching envelopes, Thank You cards, gift bags and matching decorations to fit the theme. Using the Batman Cricut cartridge, I cut the invitation at 5 1/2". The envelope was made by folding over a piece of Black Cardstock measuring 6"x12". I closed off the edges with Tim Holtz tissue tape and glued on the bat cutouts from the invitation. I altered the blue gift bags that I got from Michaels with a Batman emblem, cut at 2" using the Plantin' Schoolbook cartridge. The bat is from once again, the Batman cartridge, cut at 3 1/2", at real dial size off. I used Black, Slate and Pacifica Cardstock from Close To My Heart mixed in with a darker blue and bright yellow cardstock from Core'dinations.

Celebrate The Piano

Design team sister Sarah is hosting our biweekly challenge this time around, and the prerequisite for the challenge is to come up with a music-related project in celebration of Piano Month this September. I was inspired by Liberace when I made this card.

I used designer paper from Prima Marketing, and added the piano (cut at 2 1/2") and sentiment (cut at 2") cut using A Child's Life and Lyrical Letters Cricut cartridges. I embossed the Champagne Cardstock using a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The Gold Shimmer Trim, and small Black Flourish, and Gold Sequins are all from Close To My Heart.

Be An Angel...

August 22 is "Be An Angel Day", and sure enough, our biweekly theme at My Sheri Crafts is all about angels! I made this card using the Sing Glory Close To My Heart stamp set, inked with Glacier Exclusive Ink. I used Juniper Cardstock for the snowflakes and Slate Cardstock for the Background, which I embossed using a Cuttlebug folder. I wanted bling in the card, so I added some Sparkles Clear Assortment. The snowflakes were cut at 1" and the border was cut at 7 1/2" at read dial size using the Arbooking Cricut cartridge.

Halloween Pop Up Box Card

Box cards have been so popular for a while, so I decided to give it a try, thanks to the Splitcoastampers tutorial. I used theScaredy Cat paper packet from Close To My Heart, and the layout patterns from Reflections. The stamp set is from Halloween Greetings, stamped using Thistle, Black and Sunset Exclusive Ink.

I added Black Striped Twill Ribbon and a border with a bat design to the outside of the card.

Christmas in July

DT sister Sue challenged us with a Christmas in July theme this week and I would like to send her a virtual hug since Christmas is my favorite holiday and if it were up to me, I'd celebrate it everyday. Another requirement for the project is for it to have layers:-D
This picture was taken a couple of Christmases ago. I put on an identical Santa hat on the baby who was not too happy having his pic taken with Santa at his workshop. We had a good pic before the tears started falling.
I used paper from Webster's Pages from their Waiting For Santa paper pack. The paper was so beautiful and I felt that it would be a shame to cover it up, so I came up with this layout design with that in mind. I had hoarded that paper for four long years and I am not embarrassed to admit that. lol! The puffy damask stickers were given to me by Jeri, and the sentiment Believe" was cut from the Cricut Artbooking cartridge using Ruby Cardstock. I added some Sparkles Black Flourishes from Close To My Heart to make the layout more festive.

A Fun Summer Paperdoll

Design team sister Raquel from My Sheri Crafts challenged us with a "Food, food and more food!" theme. Part of the challenge was to create a project that features any type of food cuts or embellishments. I made a birthday card with a detachable paperdoll and outfits featuring cupcakes and a glass of juice. Now how yummy is that? :-) I used strips of Lollydoodle paper packet that I punched out so as to create scallops. I could not decide which patterns to use, so why not all of them, right? :-) The sentiment is from Cricut Artiste Birthday, stamped using Desert Sand Exclusive Ink. I mounted it on a small piece of rectangle Kraft cardstock. The stamped images from Paper Doll were colored using Copic markers.

A Star Is Born

Our challenge at My Sheri Crafts is to create a project with at least two stars in it for our "A Star Is Born" theme. I have been playing with the My Crush Bluebird book, so I decided to share a page. The My Crush books are Close To My Heart's answers to the popular Smash books. I have been using the My Crush album more like a simplified mini album than a junk journal, which is what it's originally meant for. The background paper is from the Skylark paper packet. I added a bird from Skylark Assortment, and punched a star border using a Martha Stewart punch. I layered a strip of Teal Shimmer trim on top of the vertical border. The "A Star Is Born" sentiment and the star arrows are from The Artbooking Cricut Bundle, stamped using Lagoon Ink.

This is the first page...I have 29 more to go.